| Title |
A Discourse on the Dwelling and the Individuality in Postwar CIAM |
| Authors |
Oh Kwang-Suek ; Seo Jeong-Ill ; Kim Kwang-Hyun |
| Keywords |
CIAM ; The Individuality ; Universalizing Attitude ; Paradigm of Duality |
| Abstract |
In this paper we examine the process and manner in which the concept of the individuality was discussed within the postwar CIAM. The way architects of younger generation in CIAM dealt with the concept was more subtle than it has been portrayed in conventional characterizations of the agenda: the younger members pushed towards the agenda, recognizing the individuality but not jettisoning the universalizing aspect of prewar CIAM. We try to overcome the manner that the existing understandings of the postwar CIAM discourse reduced it as a transitional one and viewed it in the dichotomous way. By scrutinizing this juncture between the modern and postmodern architecture, we aim to reveal the root of the pluralist values commonly immanent in the multiple aspects of contemporary architecture. |